Bennett Mineral Company IncMetal/Nonmetal

Employee was putting a screw back in the baghouse door to close it completely when they fell on top of the ladder. At MCV they found bruised kidney, but no surgeries were performed.

Employee was lifting and stacking 30 pound boxes onto pallet on to the floor.

During a pause on the line, he leaned forward & lifted his left foot up & set it on a slow moving foot high conveyor belt. His foot moved along an inch or so & slipped down between that belt & the next one in the line, which was not operational. Upon removal he went to the ER-nothing broken just swelling & missed one day on ice at home. (No damage to steel toe boot either.)

He turned and stepped on a roll of packing tape that had vibrated off the top of the Ouachita machine that was under repair. When he stepped on the edge of the roll of tape he turned his ankle.

He slipped on wet ground as he was getting out of Bobcat and landed on back. Bobcat was parked on concrete slab and he dismounted properly but foot slid on slick of mud.

He was standing on a step ladder reaching to adjust the sawdust chain when the ladder tipped and he fell. The ladder was standing on concrete. He lost his balance.

He was putting a steel insert behind the shaft of the head pulley at the C.R.S. Two employees working on opposite side of solid guarded pulley had hoisted up the pulley when the hoist shifted and broke. The head pulley shot back (due to the conveyor belt) and the plate hit his hands.

He had refilled the propane tank for his forklift and was placing it on the back of the lift when the fuel shifted slightly causing him to slightly lose his grip resulting in a sprain or strain. The full tanks weighted 65 lb & there is a slightly different placement on these new lifts.

He was replacing grease cartridge when the lock broke on the grease gun. It flew up and hit his face lacerating above rt eye and over bridge of nose. His nose injury was medically glued, and received 6 or 7 stitches at laceration near eye.

He was readjusting chain on box erector-When he released chain from gear the tension caused it to ""jump"" and it caught his thumb machine was locked out but could have used pry bar instead of hand to lift chain.

He was using a blowtorch to cut metal cable. A spark landed on pant leg and ignited. Burned lower leg (calf) of right leg.

Changing nozzle on sew line, machine was started up by lineworker and dye came out.

Medical treatment only. Employee had loosened the bolts on the unit to make changeover when she was tightening them back up, they were too tight. 3 broke and the unit fell to the side and hit left side of her head.

Employee was checking manually the level in the silo on an evening when it had rained. Although he wore gloves his hand slipped as he leaned on the side of the silo. He lost his balance, hit the platform guarding and fell down the ladder he was on.

Employee bent down to pick a piece of paper that had fallen on the floor and hurt his lower back muscles resulting in severe back pain. He could not stand or walk without help.

EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON A SMALL STOOL 12""HIGH WHEN SHE SLIPPED OFF AND FELL ON THE FLOOR. SHE SAID SHE WAS FINE & WENT BACK TO WORK. WE CHECKED ON HER 4-5 TIMES DURING THAT DAY, SHE DID NOT HURT UNTIL THE NEXT DAY. WE TOOK HER TO A DR. FOR AN EXAM & X-RAY.

EE WAS WORKING IN SHOP REPAIRING DRAG BUCKET, FOOT SLIPPED AND HE BANGED IT REALLY HARD INTO THE LARGE BUCKET CORNER. FOOT WAS NOT BROKEN - BUT WAS BRUISED AND SWOLLEN FOR SEVERAL DAYS. EE WAS WEARING STEEL TOE SHOES.

EE TRIPPED OVER A HOSE AND FELL ON HIS RIGHT FOOT. HE SAW THE HOSE ON THE WALKWAY BUT FORGOT TO MOVE IT OUT OF THE WAY.

EE PUSHED THE LAST BAG DOWN THE LINE FOR THE PALLET AND FINGERS GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN THE BELT AND ROLLERS.

EE WAS REMOVING VACUUM PUMP MOTOR & MOTOR SLIPPED OUT OF HANDS, & TRIED TO CATCH IT & CUT THUMB ON MOTOR GUARD.

A BAG FELL FROM PICKING ARM ONTO THE CONVEYOR. EMPLOYEE WENT TO PICK UP THE EMPTY BAG AND THE ROLLERS GRABBED THE BAG AND AT THE SAME TIME, PULLED LEFT HAND BETWEEN ROLLERS AND BELT.

EMPLOYEE WAS LEVELING CONVEYOR BELT AND CAUGHT 1ST 2 FINGERS - LEFT HAND - BETWEEN ROLLERS & CONVEYOR BELT.

EE WAS MOVING BAG SEALER AND LOST BALANCE AND MACHINE FELL AND SCRAPED R. LEG.

PUTTING LABELS ON 7LB. JUG WHILE ON CAROUSEL, BENT OVER, RAISED UP, HIT HEAD ON BAR OF CAROUSEL.

SLIPPED ON WET RAINY AREA. SPRIANED/TWISTED LEFT KNEE.

BENT OVER REPLACING BAG IN BAGHOUSE AND PULLED BACK